Magazine for gramophone records



July 4, 1950 K. E. E. HEDSTRM 2,513,856

MAGAZINE FOR GRAMOPHONE RECORDS Filed Nov. 19, 1945 fsw/0m, 3%8? maw ATTOR/VFYS Patented July 4, 1950 Karl Eric Emanuel Hedstrm, Stockholm, Sweden Application November 19, 1945, Serial No. 629,471 In Sweden November 13, 1944 (Cl. S12- 15) Claims.

The present invention relates to a magazine for gramophone records, which is of the type which is divided into a number of compartments by means of partitions, for example of stiff pasteboard or the like, and which is provided with pulling members, which are adapted to embrace the edge of the respective record after the record has been inserted in the compartment, and which extend outside the compartment so that the record can be taken out by pulling the said pulling member. The invention is substantially characterized by the fact that the pulling member is guided at one of the partitions surrounding the compartment in such a way that a record can be inserted in the compartment without risking that the pulling member comes on the wrong side of the record. In the preferred constructional embodiment of the invention, each partition between adjacent record compartments is constituted by two spaced walls formed of relatively thin and stiff sheet material between which the pulling member is drawn. The pulling member can in a known way consist of a ribbon, which is fixed in one end to one partition and is intended to lie around the edge of the respective record so that the record can be taken out by pulling the other end of the ribbon and the ribbon is guided so that its other end is drawn in the improved way between the two adjacent stiff sheets that form the partition.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated on the accompanying drawing, in which- Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the magazine. Fig. 2 is a partial horizontal section of the partitions of the magazine, a record having been brought to the position from which it can be taken out from the magazine. Fig. 3 shows the upper part of the magazine in front view and provided with a scale showing the numbers of the compartments.

Records are inserted in compartments I separated by means of partitions 2 which are formed of stiff folded pasteboard sheets. Each partition is placed in such a way that the edge of the fold lies at the front side of the magazine. The partitions are held together in the magazine by means of three ribs 4, 5 and 6 of Wood, sheet iron or the like, in grooves in which the partitions are inserted. The rib 5 is located in the bottom portion of the magazine and serves to support the records in the magazine so that they do not fall out. The rib 4 is located in the upper portion of the magazine and serves to support the records so that they do not fall backwardly. The rib 6 serves two purposes. The partitions are inserted also in the said rib. Moreover, the said rib serves as a guide for ribbons ID extending diagonally through the double walled partitions and outwardly therefrom through holes II, from where, in the way shown in the drawing, they run around the edges of the respective records at I2 and are fixed to the opposite compartment wall at I3. The free ends of the ribbons pass through holes 8 in a projecting portion 1 of the rib 6 from where they hang down. The ends of the ribbons are provided with handles, e. g. balls I4, which are arranged at two different levels. Upon pulling one of the ribbons, the corresponding record is moved to the position I5 in the magazine and can be taken out between the ribs 5 vand 6. A scale having numerals indicating the numbers of the compartments is provided on the portion 1 (see Fig. 3). The magazine described above is intended to be inserted in a box open in front or in a bookcase or the like with the scales fully visible. The numerals can also be arranged on a separate rib or the like in a suitable position in the box or in the bookcase.

The details of the device described above and illustrated on the drawing can of course be varied in one respect or other without going beyond the scope of the invention. For example, other materials than pasteboard can be used.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A magazine for gramophone records comprising, a plurality of partitions disposed in spaced relation to establish adjacent record receiving compartments, each said partition being constituted by a pair of spaced walls, a record pulling ribbon associated with each compartment, one end of each said ribbon being aixed to one of the partitions forming the compartment so as to lie around the back edge of an inserted record and the other end passed outwardly from the magazine between the walls of the other partition of such compartment.

2. A magazine for gramophone records as dened in claim 1 wherein each double wall partition is comprised of a single sheet of material folded back upon itself at the front side of the magazine, and said ribbon passes outwardly from the magazine through an opening at the fold of the material.

3. A magazine for gramophone records as defined in claim 2 and further including a projection extending across the front of the magazine adjacent the top edge thereof, said projection being apertured at each compartment for passing the associated ribbon.

4. A magazine for gramophone records as dened in claim 1 and which further includes grooved ribs extending transversely across the bottom, back and top front sides of the magazine in which grooves said partitions are secured, said bottom and back ribs also serving to retain the records in the magazine and said top front rib being apertured at each compartment for passing the associated ribbon.

5. In a magazine for storing` phonograph records, a plurality of record compartments, each said compartment being constituted by a pair of spaced partitions at least one of which is double- Walled, and a record pulling member associated with each compartment, said pulling member having one end thereof aiixed to one of said 15 1,815,830

partitions and arranged to lie around the back edge of an inserted record and the other end passed outwardly of the compartment between the Walls of said double-Walled partition.

KARL ERIC EMANUEL HEDSTROM.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Carlisle July 2l, 1931 

